You ask whether certain information is subject to required public disclosure under chapter 552
of the Government Code. Your request was assigned ID# 135594.

The City of Georgetown (the "city"), whom you represent, received a request for "any and all
arrest records of Officer Vasquez over the last two years." You indicate that you have released
most of the information responsive to the request. You claim that the remaining information,
a representative sample of which you have submitted for our review, is excepted from
disclosure under sections 552.101, 552.108 and 552.130 of the Government Code.(1) We have considered the exceptions you claim and have reviewed the submitted representative sample.

You assert that certain documents you have submitted are excepted from disclosure under
section 552.101 of the Government Code in conjunction with section 58.007 of the Family
Code. Juvenile law enforcement records relating to conduct that occurred on or after
September 1, 1997 are confidential under section 58.007 of the Family Code. Fam. Code
§ 58.007(c). The relevant language of section 58.007(c), as amended by the Seventy-sixth
Legislature, reads as follows:

(C) Except as provided by Subsection (d), law enforcement records and files
concerning a child and information stored, by electronic means or otherwise,
concerning the child from which a record or file could be generated may not
be disclosed to the public and shall be:

(1) if maintained on paper or microfilm, kept separate from
adult files and records;

(2) if maintained electronically in the same computer system as
records or files relating to adults, be accessible under controls
that are separate and distinct from controls to access electronic
data concerning adults; and

(3) maintained on a local basis only and not sent to a central
state or federal depository, except as provided by Subchapter B.

We agree that the documents labeled Exhibit C, pages 3-6 involve juvenile conduct that
occurred after September 1, 1997. It does not appear that any of the exceptions in section
58.007 apply. Thus, you must withhold Exhibit C, pages 3-6, in their entirety.

You assert that the remaining submitted information is excepted from disclosure pursuant to
section 552.108 of the Government Code. Section 552.108 states that information held by a
law enforcement agency or prosecutor that deals with the detection, investigation, or
prosecution of crime is excepted from required public disclosure "if release of the information
would interfere with the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime." Gov't Code §
552.108(a)(1). You inform us that the requested information pertains to ongoing prosecutions.
Therefore, we agree that the release of the information would interfere with the prosecution
of crime. Thus, we conclude that most of the remaining information in Exhibit C may be
withheld under section 552.108(a)(1). See Open Records Decision No. 216 (1978).

You correctly note, however, that the requestor is entitled to "front page" information. "Basic
information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime" is not excepted from required
public disclosure. Gov't Code § 552.108(c). Basic information is the type of information that
is considered to be front page offense report information even if this information is not
actually located on the front page of the offense report. See generally Houston Chronicle
Publ'g Co. v. City of Houston, 531 S.W.2d 177 (Tex. Civ. App.--Houston [14th Dist.] 1975),
writ ref'd n.r.e. per curiam, 536 S.W.2d 559 (Tex. 1976). You have provided this office with
marked documents which you have already released to the requestor in accordance with
Houston Chronicle. See also Open Records Decision No. 127 (1976). However, it appears that you have not included in your release to the requestor a detailed description of the offense. Id. The city must release all front page offense report information to the requestor. The city may withhold from disclosure the remaining information.(2)

This letter ruling is limited to the particular records at issue in this request and limited to the
facts as presented to us; therefore, this ruling must not be relied upon as a previous
determination regarding any other records or any other circumstances.

This ruling triggers important deadlines regarding the rights and responsibilities of the
governmental body and of the requestor. For example, governmental bodies are prohibited
from asking the attorney general to reconsider this ruling. Gov't Code § 552.301(f). If the
governmental body wants to challenge this ruling, the governmental body must appeal by
filing suit in Travis County within 30 calendar days. Id. § 552.324(b). In order to get the full
benefit of such an appeal, the governmental body must file suit within 10 calendar days. Id.
§ 552.353(b)(3), (c). If the governmental body does not appeal this ruling and the
governmental body does not comply with it, then both the requestor and the attorney general
have the right to file suit against the governmental body to enforce this ruling. Id.
§ 552.321(a).

If this ruling requires the governmental body to release all or part of the requested information,
the governmental body is responsible for taking the next step. Based on the statute, the
attorney general expects that, within 10 calendar days of this ruling, the governmental body
will do one of the following three things: 1) release the public records; 2) notify the requestor
of the exact day, time, and place that copies of the records will be provided or that the records
can be inspected; or 3) notify the requestor of the governmental body's intent to challenge this
letter ruling in court. If the governmental body fails to do one of these three things within 10
calendar days of this ruling, then the requestor should report that failure to the attorney
general's Open Government Hotline, toll free, at 877/673-6839. The requestor may also file
a complaint with the district or county attorney. Id. § 552.3215(e).

If this ruling requires or permits the governmental body to withhold all or some of the
requested information, the requestor can appeal that decision by suing the governmental body.
Id. § 552.321(a); Texas Department of Public Safety v. Gilbreath, 842 S.W.2d 408, 411 (Tex. App.--Austin 1992, no writ).

If the governmental body, the requestor, or any other person has questions or comments about
this ruling, they may contact our office. Although there is no statutory deadline for contacting
us, the attorney general prefers to receive any comments within 10 calendar days of the date
of this ruling.

1. In reaching our conclusion here, we assume that the "representative sample" of records submitted to this office is truly representative of the requested records as a whole. See Open Records Decision Nos. 499 (1988); 497 (1988). This open records letter does not reach, and therefore does not authorize the withholding of, any other requested records to the extent that those records contain substantially different types of information than that submitted to this office.

2. Since neither social security numbers nor driver's license and license plate information is "front page" information as contemplated by Houston Chronicle, such information may be withheld under your section 552.108 claim. Thus, we need not consider your additional claims under sections 552.101 and 552.130.